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The Weekly Reader
----What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.
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Episodes
Uncommon Women: "Big Nobody" by Alex Kadis and "The Beheading Game" by Rebecca Lehmann. 26.03.2026 3:54
Some people are born to live unusual, extraordinary lives.
Remember The Seventies: "Lake Effect" by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney and "Judy Blume: A Life" by Mark Oppenheimer 18.03.2026 3:54
Dispatches from a tumultuous decade in American history.
Moving Memoirs: "The Flower Bearers" by Rachel Eliza Griffiths and "Fly, Wild Swans" by Jung Chang 16.03.2026 3:54
A pair of revealing memoirs from women whose lives have been shaped by politics, literature, and love.
Friend Groups: "So Old, So Young" by Grant Ginder and "Bad Asians" by Lillian Li 05.03.2026 3:53
Friendships are like works in progress; you need to work on them from time to time.
Celebrating Black Women: "Kin" by Tayari Jones, "Firstborn Girls" by Bernice McFadden, and "Finding Me" by Viola Davis 25.02.2026 3:50
Stories about Black women surviving, and thriving, in the latter half of the 20th century.
Road Trips: "The Rest of Our Lives" by Benjamin Markovits and "Solito" by Javier Zamora 19.02.2026 3:55
Some journeys take us to places beyond our imaginations.
Jane Gardam Trilogy: Old Filth, The Man in the Wooden Hat, and Last Friends 11.02.2026 3:54
A classic trilogy from a beloved British author.
Invisible Threads: are The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans, Palaver, by Bryan Washington and Deeper than the Ocean, by Mirta Ojita 05.02.2026 3:54
What are the invisible threads that weave us all together?
Great New Memoirs from Iconic Entertainers 21.01.2026 3:54
New memoirs from giants of the world of entertainment: Anthony Hopkins, Tim Curry, and Peter Wolf.
New Thrillers: "Best Offer Wins" by Marisa Kashino and "The Gallagher Place" by Julie Doar 13.01.2026 3:54
More twists and turns than a carnival helter skelter!
Memorable Memoirs of 2025 07.01.2026 3:54
The cream of the crop from a very good year for new memoirs.
Memorable Memoirs of 2025 07.01.2026 3:54
The cream of the crop from a very good year for new memoirs.
Top Ten Fiction Titles of the Year 2025 30.12.2025 3:54
Our book critic Marion Winik rounds up the very best fiction of the year.
Non-fiction Gift Books 2025 15.12.2025 3:54
Some of the very best non-fiction for holiday gift giving or as a little treat for yourself.
European Voices: "The Lack of Light" by Nino Haratischwili and "Serge" by Yasmina Reza 02.12.2025 3:54
Big stories about big European families.
Happy 250th, Jane Austen! 25.11.2025 3:54
A new way to enjoy your favorite Jane Austen classics.
Writers' Memoirs: "Joyride" by Susan Orlean and "Book of Lives" by Margaret Atwood 19.11.2025 3:54
Sometimes, you just want more. This week, The Weekly Reader has you covered.
Just For Fun: "Henry and Grace's Holiday Movie Marathon" by Matt Norman and "The Literati" by Susan Coll 17.11.2025 3:52
Like most things in life, some books are just more fun than others.
Lives and Loves: Heart the Lover, by Lily King, and Dream Count, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 05.11.2025 3:54
What's more fun, or more complicated, than falling in love?
Sappho In Space: "To the Moon and Back" by Eliana Ramage and "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid 30.10.2025 3:54
Lesbian love stories...in space.
Sappho in Space: are "To the Moon and Back" by Eliana Ramage and "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid 30.10.2025 3:54
Lesbian love stories...in space.
Super Stories: "Fools for Love" by Helen Schulman and "Mercy" by Joan Silber 21.10.2025 3:52
Novels in stories from two great writers.
Meet the Parents: "The Boy from the North Country" by Sam Sussman and "No Ordinary Bird" by Artis Henderson 14.10.2025 3:54
Who's your daddy?
Mommie Dearest: "Bad Bad Girl" by Gish Jen and "Mother Mary Comes to Me" by Arundhati Roy 06.10.2025 3:54
Two new books about the often fraught relationship between mothers and their daughters.
Passage to India: "The Lonelinesss of Sonia and Sunny" by Kiran Desai and "A Guardian and A Thief" by Megha Majumdar 30.09.2025 3:54
Continent-spanning stories about love, life, and the interconnectivity of it all.
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